Yellow and green-haired Punk Rocker Norman Mannion was a scouser who had met Suzie Birchall at a party and took up her offer of a bed for the night if ever he needed one when he turned up at 11 Coronation Street unannounced one evening. He annoyed Mike Baldwin who was on a night out with Suzie for ruining his chances with her but that was nothing compared to the shock he gave Hilda Ogden when she saw him in the backyard the next morning. She stormed into No.11, thinking he was trespassing and accusing him of being "of them punk rockets". He adopted a persona of a wild-eyed psycho which led her to run for her life. Suzie realised the fun she could have with this reputation and spread the story round that he was the new buyer for Elsie Tanner's old house and Norman went along with the ruse,